“Acreage Holdings, Inc., a multi-state operator of cannabis ‎cultivation and retailing facilities in the U.S. today announced the appointment of Corey Sheahan as General Counsel of Acreage, effective today. Corey replaces Jim Doherty as General Counsel, who previously announced his departure,” reports Globe Newswire in their blog.

“Corey returns to Acreage after an 18-month tenure as Executive Vice President of Legal and Chief Legal Officer at Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. Previously, Corey served as Deputy General Counsel at Acreage where he successfully led and managed Acreage through various high-profile transactions, including its going public.”

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“Illinois residents who have appeared in a photograph on the Google Photos app within the last seven years may be eligible for a cut of a $100 million class-action privacy settlement reached by Google this month. The lawsuit alleges Google’s face grouping tool, which sorts faces in the Google Photos app by,” reports Talia Soglin in Tech Xplore.

“The settlement was filed in Cook County Circuit Court April 14, and Judge Anna M. Loftus issued an order granting preliminary approval of the agreement Monday. Google did not admit wrongdoing as part of the settlement, which resolves a group of lawsuits filed by five named plaintiffs. The first lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court.”

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“Crown Resorts Limited (ASX: CWN) has finalised a $125 million settlement in the Federal Court today after years of battling displeased shareholders, who launched the class action lawsuit after the operator’s share price plummeted in late 2016 as a result of 19 employees being arrested in China. The bust,” reports Amila Dedovic in Business News.

“It was initiated on the suspicion employees were illegally promoting VIP gaming services despite Beijing implementing a crackdown on gambling adverts from overseas. Today’s ruling was the final tick of approval needed for Crown’s board, which announced the deal was “in the best interests of Crown and its shareholders six months.”

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“As consumers started paying more at the gas pump and the grocery store last year, businesses spent more for work done by their outside legal counsel,” reports Marilyn Odendahl in The Indiana Lawyer.

“The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium’s 2021 State of the Industry Survey found spending on outside law firms nearly doubled from the previous year. The median external legal expenditure reached $14.5 million in 2021, compared to $7.9 million in 2020.”

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“Davis Polk announced its new return to office policy late last week. As the whole Biglaw world waits to see which reopening plan becomes the new normal, DPW adopted an approach that maintains a work from home element while mandating full office attendance on certain days to facilitate the in,” reports Joe Patrice in Above The Law.

“It seems to me that three to four days a week and mandating attendance for three specific days means lawyers are going to work three days a week. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but that’s what’s going to happen. On the one hand, there’s a value to guaranteeing that everyone is in the office at the same time. On the other hand, is there.”

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“Pico, a leading provider of mission critical technology, software, data and analytic services for the financial markets community, has named Lauren Goldberg as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Lauren will lead all aspects of Pico’s legal function, providing critical support for its global operations and,” reports Globe Newswire in their blog.

“Lauren has more than 25 years of legal experience, including serving previously as the General Counsel of two public companies, VEREIT, Inc. and Revlon. She also served nine years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York. Prior to her legal career, Lauren was an accountant and worked at Coopers.”

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“Venator Materials PLC (NYSE: VNTR) today announced that it received $85 million in cash from Tronox pursuant to its settlement agreement with Tronox related to the recent Superior Court of Delaware judgement in favor of Venator for $75 million. The settlement amount of $85 million includes an,” reports PR Newswire in their blog.

“Additional $10 million of value representing a negotiated amount of interest originating from 2019 when conditions were met that required Tronox to pay a $75 million Break Fee to Venator. The settlement agreement resolves all legal disputes between the parties contested in the Superior Court of Delaware. Venator is a global manufacturer.”

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“State lawyers are prepared to settle a landmark class-action lawsuit filed more than 20 years ago by Native Hawaiians waiting for homestead land leases. Attorneys representing the state have asked the Legislature to fund a $328 million settlement in the case with roughly 2,700 plaintiffs. The,” reports Andrew Gomes in Star Advertiser.

“The request follows 15 days of nearly back-to-back settlement conferences with a state Circuit Court judge between March 24 and April 13 in the case known as Kalima v. State of Hawaii. Lead plaintiff Leona Kalima and two other named plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in 1999, arguing that the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, overseer.”

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“The Supreme Court seemed ready to hand a victory to railroad company BNSF in a lawsuit brought by two of the company’s injured workers. A solid majority of the justices appeared unconvinced that the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, a federal law that allows railroad workers to sue their employers for injuries that occur on the job, allows the workers to sue the company – which is incorporated in Delaware and has its principal place of business in Texas – in Montana, even though neither worker lived in Montana or was injured there,” reports Amy Howe in Scotus Blog.

“Arguing for BNSF, attorney Andrew Tulumello told the justices that the Montana state court’s decision allowing the case against the railroad to go forward was flatly wrong. Under the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in Daimler AG v. Bauman, he contended, the Montana courts could not have jurisdiction over the injured workers’ lawsuits because the railroad was not “at home” in Montana.”

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“Cyberattacks on three European wind-energy companies since the start of the war in Ukraine have raised alarm that hackers sympathetic to Russia are trying to cause mayhem in a sector set to benefit from efforts to lessen reliance on Russian oil and gas. The companies attacked haven’t publicly,” reports Katherine Stupp in The Wall Street Journal.

“Attributed the hacks to a particular criminal group or country and Russia has consistently denied that it launches cyberattacks. But the timing of the attacks suggests potential links to supporters of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, said Christoph Zipf, a spokesman for Wind Europe, a Brussels-based industry group. Serious cyberattacks on industrial.”

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“The Jets have signed their four exclusive-rights free agents cornerback Javelin Guidry, safety Elijah Riley wide receiver Jeff Smith and defensive lineman Tim Ward to contracts. Guidry (5-10, 190) saw the most action of the quartet last season as a member of the Jets’ CB rotation. He had 45 tackles,” reports Randy Lange in New York Jets.

“Including a career-high 10 tackles in the overtime win over the Titans — along with three pass defenses and 1.5 tackles for loss. He was one of only Green & White defensive players to play in all 17 games, totaling 486 defensive snaps and 134 more on special teams. He’s played in 28 games (five starts) the past two seasons with 70 defensive.”

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“City Council has been urging city staff since at least 2012 to hire more security guards as city employees, while city management and financial officers have pointed out the difficulties of doing so. Once again this week, Council will be considering contracts with five security guard companies. The item authorizes,” reports Jo Clifton in Austin Monitor.

“Negotiation and execution of five multi-term contracts for unarmed security guard services with IPSA Security Services, Vets Securing America, Securitas Security Services, Starside Security & Investigation, and Universal Protection Service. Each contract is for up to five years for total contract amounts not to exceed $45 million divided.”

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“SciTec, Inc., a non-traditional small business, was recently awarded separate contract vehicles supporting development of advanced capabilities in two of the DoD’s major technology initiatives: Joint All Domain Command and Control JADC2 and Artificial Intelligence AI. The first, awarded March 14,” reports PR Newswire in their blog.

“The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center AFLCMC for Advance Battle Management System (ABMS) supports the maturation, demonstration, and proliferation of capabilities across platforms and domains, leveraging open systems design, modern software and algorithm development in order to enable JADC2. This multi-level security.”

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“If you’re looking for a high-powered, take-no-prisoners law firm straight out of central casting, they don’t come bigger or badder than Kirkland & Ellis. The firm unquestionably enjoys a reputation for top-flight lawyering where businesses go when everything is on the line. The firm also sits atop the,” reports James Goodnow in Above The Law.

“Am Law 100 rankings based on gross revenue. But amassing more money than any other U.S. law firm in an industry built on human beings billing hours doesn’t come without some baggage. For those who somehow don’t know, Kirkland & Ellis made its modern reputation as the OG, eat-what-you-kill megafirm. Whereas Biglaw firms.”

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“AsiaSat has appointed Victor Au as its new general counsel, the company announced April 22. Au has more than two decades of experience working across international and local law firms and in-house legal departments in areas of corporate, commercial and intellectual property. He will be responsible for,” reports Mark Holmes in Via Satellite.

“Prior to joining AsiaSat, Au was the Asia Pacific general counsel of Vertiv Holdings Co., a U.S.-based multinational corporation. He also served as the in-house counsel of IDT International Limited, a Hong Kong listed company. I’m truly excited to take up this new and challenging role and I look forward to working closely with Roger Tong.”

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“The pandemic brought on a surge of zoom-bombing as hackers and pranksters crashed into virtual meetings with abusive messages and imagery. Now, Zoom has agreed to a historic payout of $85m as part of a class-action settlement brought by its users, including church groups who said they were,” reports Maya Yang in The Guardian.

“As part of the settlement agreement, Zoom Video Communications, the company behind the teleconference application that grew popular during the pandemic, will pay the $85m to users in cash compensation and also implement reforms to its business practices. On Thursday, federal judge Laurel Beeler of California granted final.”

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“Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc has agreed to pay $55 million to end an antitrust case in U.S. federal court over the pricing of disposable contact lenses, marking the largest settlement in the private class action and the last defendant to resolve claims. The settlement amount was shown in a court filing,” reports Mike Scarcella in Reuters.

“The plaintiffs’ lawyers leading the case in Tampa, Florida, federal court. They are seeking preliminary approval of the deal, which was first announced last month but without any details about the settlement amount. J&J Vision reached an agreement on the eve of a trial scheduled in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.”

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“In an effort to improve its cybersecurity posture, the Navy is moving away from the old compliance model to an ongoing readiness approach much in the way the service evaluates its forces and weapon systems,” reports Mark Pomerleau in FedScoop.

“Put bluntly, the Navy – and the Department of Defense writ large – have been taking the wrong approach, according to its chief information officer. “Today, I would argue that the way that we do cybersecurity at the Department of Navy … is wrong,” Aaron Weis said Tuesday during the Cloudera Government Forum, which was produced by FedScoop.”

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“The Biglaw lateral market continues to be fire. And, as Above the Law has documented, that’s resulted in all manner of repercussions, But while a lot of these trends are focused around associates that are potentially looking to leave their firm, the partner market has also seen a spike in activity. The,” reports Kathryn Rubino in Above The Law.

“Remember the blockbuster move of 43 attorneys including 18 partners from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan to Paul Hastings? As historical as that move was, Paul Hastings is far from the only firm looking to bolster their partnership ranks. Leopard Solutions has broken down exactly which Biglaw firms have added the most lateral partners.”

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“LRS, among the nation’s leading independent waste diversion, recycling and portable services providers, today announced it has appointed Corey H. Grauer to Executive Vice President & General Counsel, effective immediately. Grauer brings an experienced and diverse portfolio of career legal accomplished,” reports PR Newswire in their blog.

“Most recently, Grauer served seven-and-a-half years at Marmon Holdings, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, comprising more than 100 autonomous manufacturing and service businesses across 11 market sectors. At Marmon, Grauer served as General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Compliance Officer, overseeing legal and compliance.”

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